Element for wainscoting



lab; 24, 1923. 1,463,041

J. KALIN ELEMENT FOR WAINSCO'IING Filed March 25, 1921 Patented July 24,1923.

UNITED STATES titaen PATENT @FFHQE.

ELEMENT FOR WAINSCOTING.

Application filed March 25, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JosEr KZiLrN, a citizen of the Republic ofSwitzerland, residing at Oberwinterthur, Switzerland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Elements for VVainscoting (forwhich applications for patent have been filed in Switzerland, July 17,1916, Patent No. 73,438; France, September 12, 1916, Patent No. 482,837;Italy, September 9, 1916, Patent No. 156/462; and in Germany, March 11,1919, Utility Patent No. 702,112) and I do hereby declare the followingto be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to elements or matched boards for wainscoting ofthat type in which more or less narrow boards are juxtaposed to form theWainscot.

My invention consists essentially in providing an element forwainscoting along its longitudinal edge with projecting means destinedto cover over the joint between said element and the one to which it isjuxtaposed in the Wainscot, in order to hide any crack due to shrinkagewhich might take place.

The nature of the present invention will now be more particularlydescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing which illustratesa' constructional example of the same.

In this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a cross-section through a wainscot formed of several matchboards connected by tongue and groove.

Fig. 2 is a front view of a Wainscot.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the manner of applying a baseboard.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the Figures 1 and 2, thedeals or matched boards 1 are provided with tongues on one Serial No.455,564.

edge 2 and grooves 3 on their opposite edge, moreover each board 1 has aprojecting border 4 alongone of its longitudinal. edges (its lower edgein Fig. 1) for the purpose of covering the joint 5 between two adjacentboards 1, towards the outside of the Wainscot, in order to hide any gapof the joint 5, which might arise through shrinkage of the wood.

In this example the projecting border 4 forms part of the moulding 6whose thickness is such that its thinnest part m is always thicker thanthe thickness 1 of the smooth part 7 of the body portion of theboard. 1. By this construction it will also be possible to effect ajointless fit of the Wainscot against its base board and cornice forinstance by planing off the moulding 6 as shown in Fig. 3. In thisfigure the molding 4 is planed oil at a distance above the floor theheight of the base-board 8, which is then set under the lower ends ofthe molding against a perfectly flat surface 9, free from grooves andrecesses that collect dust and vermin.

lVith the fluted wainscoting commonly used, the groove appears at eachjoint in case of shrinkage. A Wainscot made of match board according tomy invention forms a closed compact covering, without visiblesubdivision, this being due to the fact that the smooth part 7 iscountersunk with regard to the moulding 6.

I claim:

In a wainscoting element, a molding ar ranged adjacent to one of thelongitudinal edges of the element and joining on to a flat portion ofthe element, the molding being integral with the fiat portion and allthe parts of the molding projecting above the face of the fiat portionso that the molding can be planed oii' at places to the face of the flatportion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name.

JOSE]? KALIN.

